My dell vostro turns off randomly after one hour or more of idel

\015 My dell vostro turns off randomly after perhaps an hour or more of idle. it reboots and is fine until I let it idle for a few hours. any help, thanks \015\012running XP with Intel 1.8G cpu\015

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Hi frnd.. \015\012Go to control panel.. select the power options.. set all the option in POWER SCHEMES to NEVER... this will fix the issue...take care

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